Manali, which saw the night temperature at minus five degrees Celsius, had 35 cm snow.

Snow could be seen in large areas of Shimla like the Mall Road, Ridge, US Club and Jakhu hills and would stay for a one-two days.

Kalpa in Kinnaur district saw a low of minus 7 degrees, while the minimum temperature was 0.4 degrees Celsius in Dharamsala.

Rains lashed towns in lower hills in Himachal Pradesh such as Dharamsala, Palampur, Solan, Nahan, Bilaspur, Una, Hamirpur and Mandi, pushing down the mercury. Dharamsala recorded 98 mm of rain, the highest in the state.

The Met said another western disturbance -- storm systems originating from Caspian Sea and moving across the Afghanistan-Pakistan region -- has almost withdrawn.